The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday appointed eight senior vice-presidents and nine vice-presidents of the party. For the first time in the BJD’s history, senior vice-presidents were appointed as office-bearers.
Anang Udaya Singh Deo, Prasanna Acharya, Prasanna Kumar Patasani, Prafulla Samal, Bijayshree Routray, Lal Bihari Himirika, Ananta Das and Bimbadhar Kuanr were appointed as senior vice-presidents.
Mangala Kisan was appointed vice-president in charge of Tribal Empowerment and Minority Affairs while Soumya Ranjan Patnaik would be vice-president in charge of Art, Culture and Human Resources Development and Debi Prasad Mishra vice-president in charge of Odisha: Mo Parivar.
Bikram Keshari Arukha was appointed vice-president in charge of Environment, Usha Devi in charge of Social Welfare, Pramila Mallik in charge of Women Empowerment and Badri Narayan Patra in charge of Regional Development.
Pradip Kumar Amat is vice-president in charge of Sashakta Odisha and Padmanabha Behera in charge of SC Empowerment.
The party appointed Sanjay Kumar Dasburma as general secretary (Headquarters).
The new appointments came into force with immediate effect.